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Naproxen and candesartan among 30 price concessions agreed for April

The Department of Health and Social Care and the National Assembly for Wales have agreed concessionary prices for the following 30 items for April 2019 prescriptions.

Drug

Strength

Form

Price

Amiloride

5mg

tablets (28)

£9.50

Baclofen

10mg

tablets (84)

£1.67

Candesartan

32mg

tablets (28)

£2.40

Carvedilol

3.125mg

tablets (28)

£1.21

Carvedilol

25mg

tablets (28)

£3.26

Celecoxib

100mg

capsules (60)

£3.29

Chloramphenicol

0.5%

eye drops (10ml)

£2.16

Citalopram

40mg/ml

sugar-free oral drops (15ml)

£9.52

Clomipramine

25mg

capsules (28)

£3.50

Clomipramine

50mg

capsules (28)

£4.12

Dosulepin

25mg

capsules (28)

£1.80

Dosulepin

75mg

tablets (28)

£12.85

Ibandronic acid

50mg

tablets (28)

£61.72

Ibandronic acid

150mg

tablets (1)

£12.80

Irbesartan

300mg

tablets (28)

£3.88

Lofepramine

70mg

tablets (56)

£17.50

Losartan

12.5mg

tablets (28)

£4.00

Losartan

100mg

tablets (28)

£3.80

Metoprolol

50mg

tablets (28)

£4.33

Naproxen

250mg

tablets (28)

£3.76

Naproxen

500mg

tablets (28)

£8.10

Naproxen

500mg

gastro-resistant tablets (56)

£18.89

Nebivolol

2.5mg

tablets (28)

£24.79

Piroxicam

0.5%

gel (112)

£3.15

Prednisolone

5mg

tablets (28)

£0.92

Quinine bisulfate

300mg

tablets (28)

£1.94

Quinine sulfate

300mg

tablets (28)

£3.75

Telmisartan

20mg

tablets (28)

£3.26

Tibolone

2.5mg

tablets (28)

£9.30

Topiramate

100mg

tablets (60)

22.80

Last week (April 9), the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee told C+D it is becoming “increasingly concerned” about the impact of generics supply issues, after a record 96 price concessions were agreed for March.